How to prepare your clients for natural disasters

The best way to survive a natural disaster is to take the necessary steps now and be prepared for when the unthinkable actually does occur. Here are a few things to alert your clients about. Continue reading

Climate change will impact real estate ‘whether you like it or not’

Miami Agent Nick Quay argued Thursday that real estate professionals can thrive by helping their clients understand how climate change will impact them. Continue reading

Nearly 776K homes are at extreme risk of wildfire damage: CoreLogic

As wildfires continue to ravage Southern California, hundreds of thousands more homes are at risk of fire-related damage. Continue reading

New Freddie Mac mortgage plan bundles purchases and repairs

The CHOICERenovation program offers homebuyers a single loan, with just one set of closing costs, that they can use to buy a house and then fix it up. Continue reading

Prices surging in areas devastated by California’s Camp Fire

The hottest real estate market in December wasn’t San Francisco, New York City or Seattle. It wasn’t a ski town in Colorado or a warm retreat like Key West. Continue reading

The California Association of Realtors is raising money for members impacted by wildfires

C.A.R. is collecting donations that it plans to distribute to members who have lost their homes or other property in the state’s ongoing wildfires. Continue reading

Fire-ravaged California will recover — but it will take time

California communities devastated by ongoing wildfires will recover. But in the meantime, they may be in for more pain as the destruction cascades across local markets. Continue reading

California Attorney General warns of price-gouging amid fires

State law specifically prohibits charging a price that exceeds, by more than 10 percent, the price of an item prior to the declaration of a state emergency. Continue reading

Realtor on Camp wildfire: ‘As horrible as you can imagine, it’s worse’

A fast-moving wildfire is raging through Butte County in California in the Sierra Nevada foothills, north of Sacremento and just east of Chico. One Realtor on the ground told Inman the blaze is “worse than you can imagine.” Continue reading